Charter authorizer plan sent to House floor after Senate bill slowdown

6:09 AM,
Apr. 11, 2013

Written by

Chas Sisk
| The Tennessean

Lawmakers in the Tennessee House of Representatives pushed on with a bill that would set up a new panel to review charter school applications, a day after major questions delayed the measure in the Senate.

The House Finance Committee approved legislation to set up a "charter authorizer" on a voice vote, sending the bill to the House floor. Committee members acted after their counterparts in the Senate adjourned for the day without taking up the bill again.

"We were just trying to keep moving forward," said state Rep. Mark White, the bill's sponsor. "When you talk about something for eight or ...